Author: Central Jersey

  • NAMI:In Our Own Voice

    By Yolande Zealy Come learn about the courageous stories of illness and recovery from two people who have experience serious mental illness. This presentation is offered in observance of Mental Illness Awareness Week, October 6-12, 2013, in collaboration with the Mercer County Library System and NAMI Mercer (National Alliance on Mental Illness of Mercer County).…

  • Hedge Funds Care/Help For Children and PNC Foundation Grants Will Help Fund PEI Kids’ Child Abuse and Bullying Prevention Efforts

    By Diane Blaszka/PEI Kids Lawrenceville, NJ – September 21, 2013 – To help Mercer County students learn how to best protect themselves and others, nonprofit PEI Kids expects to present approximately 550 workshops in more than 70 local schools this school year. This work — part of the 28-year-old organization’s overall mission to “promote and…

  • War of the Worlds. The Martians are Coming!

    War of the Worlds. The Martians are Coming!

    By Yolande Zealy  Martian Machines March on NJ! The most famous radio play turns 75 this October! Raconteur Radio Presents THE WAR OF THE WORLDS: A STAGED RADIO PLAY! with Michael Jarmus, Carlyle Owens, Laurence Mintz, Jane Hardy, and Alex Dawson at the Hickory Corner Branch of the Mercer County Library System on Monday ,…

  • MANVILLE: Clambake helps Elks help special kids

    MANVILLE: Clambake helps Elks help special kids

    Clambake chairman Tom Cronin serves up another netful of clams.

  • PRINCETON: Canopy collapse at old Dinky station
  • KESSLER INSTITUTE TO HOST 4th ANNUAL ADAPTED RECREATION EXPO

    By irene maslowski FREE Event for Persons of All Abilities    Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation (www.kessler-rehab.com) will host its annual Adapted Recreation Expo on Tuesday, October 1, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Kessler Conference Center, located at the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, 1199 Pleasant Valley Way in West Orange, N.J.  People of…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Speakers drop out of open space forum

    HILLSBOROUGH: Speakers drop out of open space forum

    Two speakers withdrew from a Hillsborough open space forum Thursday night, following allegations the issue was getting political. By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Two speakers withdrew from a Hillsborough open space forum Thursday night, following allegations the issue was getting political.    Keith Richmond, a leader in the non-partisan Friends of Hillsborough Open Space group, said…

  • CRANBURY: Young runners start strong

    Mialhe leads PHS girls cross country in opener By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    Lou Mialhe only needed the first dual meet of the season to raise her expectations for the year.    The Princeton High School sophomore was the top overall finisher in 19 minutes, 16 seconds as the Little Tigers swept Robbinsville and Notre…

  • PRINCETON: Canopy collapse at old Dinky station

    PRINCETON: Canopy collapse at old Dinky station

    The canopy at the old Dinky station collapsed late Thursday afternoon and tipped over into the track bed. The canopy at the old Dinky station collapsed late Thursday afternoon and tipped over into the track bed. The 200-foot-long canopy section covered the platform area of the old station, which has been fenced off due to…